The Most Important Games for a conference are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final playoff picture. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting Eastern conference games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
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|---|---|---|
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| Hawks (20‑24) |
Bucks (17‑24) |
65 |
| Cavaliers (24‑19) |
Thunder (35‑8) |
53 |
| Sixers (22‑18) |
Pacers (10‑33) |
52 |
| Lakers (24‑16) |
Raptors (25‑18) |
50 |
| Warriors (24‑19) |
Heat (22‑20) |
48 |
| Knicks (25‑17) |
Mavericks (17‑26) |
42 |
| Bulls (19‑22) |
Nets (12‑27) |
37 |
| Pistons (30‑10) |
Celtics (26‑15) |
35 |
| Wizards (10‑31) |
Clippers (18‑23) |
26 |
| Nuggets (29‑13) |
Hornets (15‑27) |
21 |